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catalyst2Just watched S102 of Dexter and am so happy that S101 wasn't a fluke.They really have *got* Dexter, letter perfect. I loved the new opening credits - never has breakfast been so menacing, yet simultaneously appetising! The Luminol-on-the-face scene was creepy beyond words!
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The one and only note that jarred slightly was Dexter's selection of Matthew Chambers as a target. Maybe it is just me wanting this to be exactly like the books (which, of course, is impossible: book=book, TV=TV, book=NOT TV) but I just felt Chambers was an unlikely target. The books always had a link for Dexter with his targets - they were serial killers like him, driven by the same "Dark Passenger". Much as Chambers has killed, there is no suggestion that he has a "Dark Passenger" or that there is any degree of intent in his killing, just stupidity and selfishness. Does being selfish and stupid make you a potential victim of Dexter's? I really hope not, otherwise Dexter is going to be busy with an awfully big proportion of the human race!
I didn't think (and this is just my impression) that Dexter was ever motivated by the emotional impact that his targets had on their victims' families. Given his sociopathic functioning, I would think he would, in fact, be singularly unaffected by those feelings of all things. No, other than those who killed children (who did seem to inspire a particular distaste in Dexter), I always thought his killing was much more about ridding the world of other "Dark Passengers", ones, unlike himself, who had no restraint in their killing. Dexter, I suspect, fancies himself as quite the moral agent - not that he doesn't get that his actions are immoral (and illegal) but that his actions will make the world a better place. That is, that he has acted immorally in the short-term to achieve an ethical improvement in our society in the long-term.
Must stop now - far too many deep thoughts happening in a short space of time!
My next comments are potentially spoilery
The one and only note that jarred slightly was Dexter's selection of Matthew Chambers as a target. Maybe it is just me wanting this to be exactly like the books (which, of course, is impossible: book=book, TV=TV, book=NOT TV) but I just felt Chambers was an unlikely target. The books always had a link for Dexter with his targets - they were serial killers like him, driven by the same "Dark Passenger". Much as Chambers has killed, there is no suggestion that he has a "Dark Passenger" or that there is any degree of intent in his killing, just stupidity and selfishness. Does being selfish and stupid make you a potential victim of Dexter's? I really hope not, otherwise Dexter is going to be busy with an awfully big proportion of the human race!
I didn't think (and this is just my impression) that Dexter was ever motivated by the emotional impact that his targets had on their victims' families. Given his sociopathic functioning, I would think he would, in fact, be singularly unaffected by those feelings of all things. No, other than those who killed children (who did seem to inspire a particular distaste in Dexter), I always thought his killing was much more about ridding the world of other "Dark Passengers", ones, unlike himself, who had no restraint in their killing. Dexter, I suspect, fancies himself as quite the moral agent - not that he doesn't get that his actions are immoral (and illegal) but that his actions will make the world a better place. That is, that he has acted immorally in the short-term to achieve an ethical improvement in our society in the long-term.
Must stop now - far too many deep thoughts happening in a short space of time!
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Date: 2006-11-18 03:48 am (UTC)If you feel like discussing it with him, you can go to this thread and leave him a comment.
Watch more episodes! I can't wait to see what you think of the rest. I thought episode six was the best so far.